Alabama's Helping Families Initiative says targeted support can help students stay in class.
, anxiety, depression, bullying and generally feeling unwelcome at school, according to the AP.
Tyson’s organization has provided families with washing machines and stoves so kids can have clean clothes and meals for school; shoes for a student who left school everyday at noon because he grew out of the pair he had and his feet were too sore to go to his next class; mental health appointments for children who had not been previously evaluated; and social workers in homes for parents who were illiterate and needed help reading the instructions for their children’s prescriptions.
The organization began working with Russell County Schools in 2017 after it reported chronic absenteeism rate of over 23%. After a year, they cut that rate to 9%. By 2020, the rate dropped even further to 3%. Montgomery Public Schools has implemented a new policy this school year to try to reduce their rates. MPS students who arewill be withdrawn from school after district personnel conduct a home visit and a certified letter is mailed to the parent with no response
“Addressing chronic absences allows you to address wider community problems. This program is an additional tool that is available to battle the broader issue of crime in this state. Not every kid who is absent commits crime. I’m not gonna say just because you’re absent you’ll wind up being a criminal; but too often, that is what occurs,” Tyson said.
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